Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-01-13
Astrophys.J.695:442-454,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
12 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables - Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/442
Microlensing observations towards M31 are a powerful tool for the study of the dark matter population in the form of MACHOs both in the Galaxy and the M31 halos, a still unresolved issue, as well as for the analysis of the characteristics of the M31 luminous populations. In this work we present the second year results of our pixel lensing campaign carried out towards M31 using the 152 cm Cassini telescope in Loiano. We have established an automatic pipeline for the detection and the characterisation of microlensing variations. We have carried out a complete simulation of the experiment and evaluated the expected signal, including an analysis of the efficiency of our pipeline. As a result, we select 1-2 candidate microlensing events (according to different selection criteria). This output is in agreement with the expected rate of M31 self-lensing events. However, the statistics are still too low to draw definitive conclusions on MACHO lensing.
Bozza Valerio
Calchi Novati Sebastiano
de Paolis Francesco
Dominik Martin
Gould Andrew
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